A Waste to Wealth Approach
A little bit old but very extensive and insightful:
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.chintan-india.org/sites/default/files/2019-01/Tyres%20Report_Final.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwix0uXphbX5AhVO_mEKHZv8B2gQFnoECBYQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1AEwQEvXKYQE0m-KkbxWk6
This policy brief is based on Chintan’s study ‘Circulating Tyres in the Economy: A Waste to Wealth Approach to Old Tyres’. It draws from Chintan’s extensive experience in informal waste management and recycling in northern India to shed light on the economic and environmental benefits of utilising Crumb Rubber Modified Bitumen (CRMB) made from ELTs for road construction and maintenance in India.
This report attempts to capture the salient policies and practices of reuse and recycle
of ELTs that are being undertaken across both India and globally, while also exploring,
in detail, the best possible alternative currently available to India for safe end-of-lifehandling practices for tyres.
The first section provides insight into the scale of the problem of ELTs at both the
global and the national level. This section also attempts to provide an overview of the
current systems of recycling that are prevalent in the country. Given that there is not
much direct documentation on the scale and pattern of recycling in the informal sector,
the section draws extensively from Chintan’s on-ground study and experience, which
focuses on the informal sector of tyre recycling in North India. The section also provides
an overview of recycling in the formal sector of ELTs with an introduction to the Indian
reclaim rubber industry. This industry comprises of only 60 odd manufacturers of which
6-7 manufacturers like Balaji Group, KK Reclamations, Tinna Rubbers, GRP, Kohinoor
Rubbers etc. serve as leaders.
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